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Switzerland can receive prisoners from Guantanamo
The Swiss government indicated Wednesday that the new U.S. administration to evaluate its disposal the ability to get prisoners released who are in Guantanamo.According to the spokesman of the Federal Council (Executive), Oswald Sigg, Switzerland wel...
Swiss law on asylum policy becomes anti-asylum law
Switzerland has received 16,606 applications for political asylum in 2008, representing an increase of 53.1% over the previous year.Pressed by the states in charge of the shelter for asylum seekers and also expel them if the requests are rejected, th...
Alleged victim seeks criminal in Facebook
Victim of a beating that occurred in the New Year's Eve, in Berne, seeking their aggressor via Facebook to denounce it to the police and offers reward of $ 2,720.More than two thousand people have already joined the group on the social network. Lawye...
Fighting piracy causes controversy in Switzerland
The government's idea of sending soldiers to protect ships helvéticos against attacks by pirates off the coast of Somalia raises discussions in Switzerland.Criticism predominates and many issues are open. The decision will be taken next year."Switze...
Switzerland becomes the European border
I am not a member of the European Union (EU), Switzerland becomes part of common European border from this Friday (12), entering the Schengen area, after four years of preparation.Specifically there will be more controls of identity within that area ...
Three new power plants
The Swiss federal authorities examine three applications for construction of new nuclear plants. Two would be sufficient to meet the future demand for energy in the country, but to critics until they would be too much.Not only environmentalists but a...
Nestle is the best organization for development
Elected to the board of Heks (the Protestant church which supports 290 social projects in 45 countries), the director general of the Swiss Nestle, Roland Decorvet, cause irritation with provocative statements.Of milk powder scandal in the case of esp...
Obama may be a Swiss from abroad
Genealogists pursue the footsteps of the future U.S. president. The pedigree is also in fashion among the Swiss abroad, seeking their roots in Swiss archives.When Barack Obama began the race for the White House, American genealogists discovered that ...
New weapons against sex tourism
The Swiss Federation of tourist agencies adopts a code of conduct and the police Swiss publishes the internet as a form to denounce suspected sexual offenses against minors in tourist destinations.About 6 thousand operators have already joined the ...
Switzerland negotiating free trade agreement with EU agricultural
At the beginning of November start the negotiations on the agreement on free trade in agricultural products between Switzerland and the European Union. The ambitious project bilateral must promote the reduction of the prices of foodstuffs and open...
